summer reading

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From: Gene Thompson (gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 20:27:04 PDT

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From: Gene Thompson <gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us>
Subject: summer reading
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I've been reading way too many science books this summer and have two
questions.

1. What does the weak force DO? I always find it described in terms of
radiation given off in certain instances, but nothing to match the
descriptions of gravity, e-m, and the strong force. Do researchers know?

2. Some quantum theories have a chaos of particles or potential particles
or probabilities coalescing into order. How's this relate to the second
law of thermodynamics? Does it when we're so small? If not, why not?

confused, but still reading,
Ellen Koivisto
George Washington High School
San Francisco

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